With the eight hottest years on record all being within the past decade, climate scientists are worried the warming trend is accelerating.
, scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies found that global temperatures in 2021 were higher than the agency's baseline temperature by 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit. NASA uses the period between 1951 and 1980 as its baseline.said in the statement that eight out of the top 10 hottest years on record were in the last decade, calling it"an indisputable fact that underscores the need for bold action to safeguard the future of our country—and all of humanity.
"Science leaves no room for doubt: Climate change is the existential threat of our time," Nelson said."NASA's scientific research about how Earth is changing and getting warmer will guide communities throughout the world, helping humanity confront climate and mitigate its devastating effects."Zeke Hausfather, a climate scientist with Berkeley Earth, told the Associated Press to"give it a few more years" and humanity will see the next hottest year on record.
"If you just look at the last the last 10 years, how many of them are way above the trend line from the previous 10 years? Almost all of them," Schmidt was quoted by the AP., 2021 was the 45th consecutive year of temperatures around the world going above the 20th century average. It also added that ocean heat content, or the amount of heat stored in the upper levels of the ocean, was at a record high, with the previous record being set in 2020.
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